[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Hi and welcome to my ROM thread. This is RC2 (release candidate 2) of my Snap based ROM for the Excalibur (Dash, Dopod, etc).

The XIP (kernel) and SYS (main system files) are directly ported from HTC newest handset, the Snap.

This ROM includes only the stock applications for now (with the exception of a few things, like omapclockset and celetask) as it's meant to be a community based ROM where we can ALL work together, chip in and make suggestions to make the fastest and best ROM for the Excalibur.

To activate the weather panel, use the Activate Weather.cab in the "\My documents" folder on the phone and reboot.

The pagepool is set at 8 megs (up from the stock 4) for better speed and general "snappiness". You can lower it yourself by using the pagepool_changer application on the ROM's nbh file. I like mine at 8 and could care less about available RAM as long as the phone is fast and responsive :)

I will add more as more feedback is provided, but for now let's test this first release and see how it performs :) I hope you like it.

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Release 52409

- Back to IE5

- Updated to SYS 21048

- Some graphics changes

- More I can't remember...

Release 50909

SetJogBar Added to Tweaks

HTC Reboot updated

Added support for Vista Device Center

Addes startup sound

Removed SQM modules

Clockontop 12 hour put in

Changeg some defauly jogbar settings (one being hiding the icon)

Pagepool changed back to 9 (give me feedback on this.. is the speed worth the decrease in RAM)?

Added IESettings in Settings

Added back Enterprise and VPN features

Added HTC Startup Sound

jogbar icon hidden now

IE6 is now in the ROM with lots more options to play with

Added SMS inbox threading to switch from classic/threaded under Tweaks

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Release 50709a

fixed commmmanager links on homescreen

fixed bluetooth and wifi problems

menu freezing issues gone

added back working htc album (thanks ookba)

updated celetask

updated htmlnote for sms issues

updated to 12 hour clockontop (thanks ookba < this guy know his stuff!)

changed htcoldboot to auto restarting type :)

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Release 42709

disabled tmail from starting up at boot

disabled sqmupload service (not necessary)

disabled connection setup download service

updated to JBed java

added basehue, the SMS tools pack, and celecommand

added clockontop am\pm version

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Release 42609

- Initial Release.

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INSTRUCTIONS for flashing:

You can look at this great guide found here or you can follow my instructions below...

Hell, look at both to make sure you're doing this right!!

1. Run Auto.bat included in the archive. It should resent a black command prompt window.

2. Make sure you remove your storage card from the phone before the next steps.

3 .Follow the instructions in the black window. Do NOT reboot when the SDA unlocker tells you to reboot the phone. It's not necessary.

4. You might get a prompt asking you if you want to run the spl program. Just say yes. At that point you should get a white screen.

5. If for any reason you're not seeing a white screen, you did something wrong and you need to try again.

6. Flash the ROM following the instructions in the flashing utility.

You can expect the phone to be "stuck" on the green windows mobile screen for about 2 1/2 minutes the first time. After that, it should only take about 40-45 seconds for the phone to reboot.

INSTRUCTIONS for recovery in case something goes wrong:

Turn your phone completely off. While pushing the camera button, plug in your usb cable. The tricolor, bootloader screen will come up and you can flash your regular OEM ROM which can be downloaded from one of the stickies.

I recommend flashing the modified bootloader made by jockeyw2001. It's attached to the third post.

What it does is, it CID unlocks your phone, so you don't have to use the softSPL everytime you want to flash a ROM. It also makes recovery from a bad flash much easier, where you dont have to hunt for your original manufacturer's ROM to load in order to resurect the phone.

DOWNLOAD HERE